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2 doctors are charged in connection to 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry’s ketamine death
Two California doctors and an alleged drug dealer are among five people arrested and charged in connection with the ketamine-overdose death of Friends actor Matthew Perry last October, officials announced Thursday. The defendants arrested Thursday, Jasveen Sangha, 41 (also known as “The Ketamine Queen”) and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42 (also...
Here's what to expect at this weekend's 2024 Charlotte Pride
More than 250,000 people are expected in uptown this weekend for the Charlotte Pride parade and street festival. The local celebration of LGBTQ visibility has grown exponentially since its humble beginnings at UNC Charlotte back in 1981. Liz Schob, a spokesperson for Charlotte Pride, joined WFAE's Nick de la Canal...
4 ex-law enforcement officers charged in $37 million extortion scheme
Prosecutors are accusing four ex-law enforcement and military officers of conducting an elaborate, fake raid on a California man's home in 2019 in order to trick him into signing away his rights in a business worth tens of millions of dollars. The victim, who was not named in the indictment,...
Charlotte refines affordable housing bond plans
Charlotte City Council is refining plans for the city’s $100 million affordable housing bond referendum this November. The bond money would be the largest-ever single infusion into the city’s Housing Trust Fund. But Charlotte Director of Housing and Neighborhood Services Rebecca Heafner told council members Wednesday that the city will still have to prioritize its spending.
Post Malone's winding country road
Only a few months after Post Malone unveiled his debut single, “White Iverson,” in 2015, the Texas-raised rap upstart was already mapping out his honky-tonk future. Though he’d presented himself in his breakthrough moment as a swaggin’, saucin’, ballin’ adopter of the spoils-obsessed melodic hip-hop surfacing on SoundCloud, an all-caps tweet from that spring found him setting a course for different territory: “WHEN I TURN 30 IM BECOMING A COUNTRY/FOLK SINGER.”
For the first time in its history, Duke University will offer a Cherokee language course
For the first time ever this fall, Duke University will offer a new online Cherokee language course series. It's open to all students, and will count toward a full language college credit to graduate. Courtney Lewis, the university’s inaugural director for the Native American Studies Initiative, said this will also be the first time that Duke students will get to learn an American Indian language.
Some locals scratch heads at Trump’s Asheville appearance
Trump’s Wednesday appearance in Asheville, a predominantly liberal city, had some locals scratching their heads. The campaign event took place at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium and also included Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and Congressman Chuck Edwards. About 2,500 rally attendees made it inside the venue with several hundred others turned away at the door. The Trump campaign paid $82,000 to rent the venue, which is the smaller of the two at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center complex.
In Asheville speech, Trump focuses more on Harris than on the economy
Former president Donald Trump came to Asheville on Wednesday to deliver remarks on the economy as he woos North Carolina voters in his 2024 White House bid. But during the visit, Trump focused more on his Democratic rival than on his own policy proposals. Kicking off his remarks in Asheville’s...
FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people
The Federal Communications Commission is launching a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered Indigenous people who do not fit the criteria for an Amber Alert or Silver Alert. This new alert code, according to the federal agency, would be similar to the nationwide Amber Alert system and will...
Trump gutted federal employee unions. They believe he'd do it again
Labor unions are among Kamala Harris’ most fervent backers in her run for president, and federal employee unions especially so. Not only do they love her unabashed support for labor, they also fear what her opponent Donald Trump might do if he’s elected president again. It’s not hyperbole...
Medicare negotiated drug prices for the first time. Here’s what it got
The White House is set to reveal the fruits of months of negotiations between the government and pharmaceutical companies: new, lower Medicare prices for 10 blockbuster drugs. The administration hasn’t actually shared the specific agreed upon prices yet, but Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has played up the savings.
COVID is on the rise this summer. Here's why and what else you should know
If it seems like a lot of people are getting COVID right now, you’re not imagining it. We’re in the middle of a worldwide summer COVID-19 wave. A high or very high level of COVID-19 virus is being detected in wastewater in almost every state, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
COVID is on the rise this summer. Here's why and what else you should know
If it seems like a lot of people are getting COVID right now, you’re not imagining it. We’re in the middle of a worldwide summer COVID-19 wave. A high or very high level of COVID-19 virus is being detected in wastewater in almost every state, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Texas attorney general threatens lawsuit over the State Fair banning guns
DALLAS — The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates for corn dogs, deep-fried delights and a friendly wave from a five-story cowboy named Big Tex: No guns allowed. But that decision by fair organizers — which comes...
Gena Rowlands, a luminous leading lady of independent film, has died
A leading lady of 1970s independent film has died. Gena Rowlands was best known for starring in intelligent, idiosyncratic films directed by her husband John Cassavetes. Rowlands died at the age of 94. Her death was confirmed by the office of Danny Greenberg, the representative for Rowlands' son, Nick Cassavetes. No further details were provided.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after a tumultuous year
Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik announced in an email Wednesday evening that she is stepping down. Shafik is the third university president to leave her job following criticism over how she has handled campus protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war. After hanging on for nearly 10 months, Shafik wrote in...
Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, has died
Wally Amos, the entrepreneur behind the Famous Amos cookie enterprise, has died. He was 88 years old. His cause of death was dementia, his children said in a statement. “With his Panama hat, kazoo, and boundless optimism, Famous Amos was a great American success story, and a source of Black pride,” said children Sarah, Michael, Gregory and Shawn Amos.
Charlotte civil rights attorney reflects on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The long debated and filibustered act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in employment based on a person’s race, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. It also prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs.
UNCW's vice chancellor of student affairs discusses the impacts of removing DEI from campus
Last week, UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety issued a press release, laying out the broad strokes of what ending DEI at UNCW would look like. That includes removing the chief DEI position — held by Dr. Donyell Roseboro, who will return to her faculty position but no longer serve as a cabinet-level advocate for DEI issues. It also includes reorganizing, and reducing staff at, four student cultural and identity centers: the Upperman African American Cultural Center, Centro Hispano, the Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Center, and the Asian Heritage Cultural Center.
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